Shield for agricultural implements



April 4, 1950 B. M. SURRATT SHIELD FOR AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 v Filed Aug. 22, 1947 Inventor Bill/e M. Surratf By and April 4, 1950 B. M. SURRATT 2,503,079

SHIELD FOR AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS Filed Aug 22 LL94? 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Fig. 5.

Bill/e M. Surrotf Patented Apr. 4, 1950 SHIELD FOR AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS,

Billie M. Surratt, Dade City, Fla... assignor of one-third to Samuel W. Surratt and one-third" y to Frank M. Massey, both of Dado City, Fla.

Application August 22, 1947, Serial N0. 7'70, 27

1 Claim.

The present invention relates to new and useful improvements in shields or fenders for agricultural implements, such as discs and other harrows whereby to enable the implement to work closely under fruit trees, shrubbery or the like to pick up the foliage and branches and to prevent contact thereof with the discs of the harrows and thus prevent cutting or bruising of the fruit or injury to the branches.

The inner side edge of the shield 5 is provided with a reinforcing metal tubing 12 which extends across the lower edge of the lower and upper nose portions I0 as well as across the front edge of the web portion II.

The lower edges of the side wall 6 and rear wall 1 are reinforced by an angle iron member I3.

A bracket l 4 is secured to the inner edge of the shield adjacent its front portion and projects in- An important object of the invention is to 10 wardly therefrom and is formed at its free end provide a shield of this character for use with with an opening [5 for pivotally mounting on an adjustably inclined disc frames without interupstanding pin l6 rising from the intermediate ference with the free adjustment thereof. portion of the front frame member I! of a front A still further object of the invention is to prodisc harrow l8, the shield 5 covering one end of vide a shield of this character including a transthe harrow and with the side wall 6 thereof proversely stepped nose portion whereby the outer jecting substantially outwardly from the side of edge of the shield at its front end is constructed the harrow as shown in Figure 1 of the drawsubstantially lower to facilitate its movement unings. der the branches of a tree. A longitudinally extending bar I9 is also suit- A still further obje s 130 provide a device ably secured to the inner edge of the shield 5 of this character of simple a practical 0011- adjacent its rear portions and in a position with struction, which is strong and durable, efiicient the bar l9 spaced outwardly in parallelism from and reliable in operation and otherwise well the inner side edge of the shield. adapted for the purposes for which the same is The rear frame member 20 of the rear disc intended. harrow 2| is provided with an upstanding loop 22 Other objects and advantages reside in the secured to the frame by means of an attaching details of construction and operation as more plate 23, the loop riding on the bar l9 during the fully hereinafter described and claimed, referangular adjustment of the front and rear harrow ence being had to the accompanying drawings frames in the usual manner. forming part hereof, wherein like numerals refer Front and rear channel iron bars 24 and 25 to like parts throughout, and in which: are suitably secured to the underside of the Figure 1 is a top plan view; shield 5 and rest respectively on the front and Figure 2 is an enlarged perspective view with rear harrow frames l1 and 20 in an inclined posiparts broken away and shown in section; tion with respect thereto whereby to facilitate Figures 3 and 4 are fragmentary transverse the sliding of the shield on the harrow frame sectional views taken respectively on the lines during adjustment of the harrow.

3-3 and 4-4 of Figure 1; An arcuate skid or shoe 26 is suitably secured Figure 5 is a fragmentary sectional view taken to the reinforcing tubing l2 at the outer edge on the line 5-5 of Figure 2; and, of the nose 8 to support the outer edge of the Figure 6 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional shield on the ground and to facilitate traveling view taken on the line 66 of Figure 2. of the shield over the ground during operation Referring now to the drawings in detail where of the harrow. in for the purpose of illustration I have dis- In the operation of the device the shield is closed a preferred embodiment of the invention placed in position on one end of the front and the numeral 5 designates the shield generally rear frames I! and 20 of a disc harrow, as shown which is constructed of substantially light gauge in Figure l, and with the arm I4 pivoted on the metal and of generally rectangular form and pin l6 of the front frame and the bar l9 slidable including an outer side wall 6, a rear wall I and a in the loop 22 of the rear frame to maintain the nose 8 at the front end thereof. The nose 8 is shield in a longitudinal position during the adcurved downwardly and is inclined in a rearward justment of the frames relative to each other. direction toward the outer edge 6 of the shield. The nose 8 of the shield, will ride under low The nos po on 3 is Shaped provide a hanging limbs of trees to lift the limbs and stantially low outer portion 9 and a relatively th permit working of th harrow 1 1 t higher or raised inner portion In connected to th trees. the lower portion 9 by an inclined web ll. 5 The stepped formation of the nose will move the limbs away from the discs of the harrow during the lifting action.

In View of the foregoing description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings it is believed that a clear understanding of the construction, operation and advantages of the device will be quite apparent to those skilled in this art. A more detailed description is accordingly deemed unnecessary.

It is to be understood, however, that even though there is herein shown and described a preferred embodiment of the invention the same is susceptible to certain changes fully comprehended by the spirit of the invention as herein described and the scope of the appended claim.

Having described the invention, what is" claimed as new is:

The combination with an agricultural implement having a draft element and front and rear implement frames adjustable in an inclined position relative to each other, of asl'iield supported I REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date v 1,318,419 Vathing et al Oct. 14, 1919 20 1,945,514 Bowman et a1 Feb. 6, 1934 

